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Love triangle led to shooting of acupuncturist, police say

A 48-year-old Glendale man is expected to be arraigned this week on
charges that he shot an acupuncturist four times on Monday over a
dispute stemming from a love triangle, officials said.

The man,
Ira Geragos, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and assault
with a deadly weapon. He also tried to ram two police officers with his
car during a short pursuit after the shooting, Glendale Police Sgt. Tom
Lorenz said.

Reached at the building where the shooting took
place Tuesday, the victim’s mother identified him as Aram Akopyan but
declined to comment further on the matter.

He
was shot about 1:25 p.m. in the courtyard of a medical and
dentistry office building in the 100 block of East Glenoaks Boulevard.
Detectives believe the shooting was the result of a love triangle,
Lorenz said.

Officials said Geragos is the ex-husband of a woman dating Akopyan.

Witnesses
said Akopyan yelled for help, prompting business owners to run out of
their offices to cover his wounds with gauze as he bled profusely.

Geragos was holding at least one gun as he fled the courtyard, witnesses told officers.

Akopyan,
an acupuncturist who operates a health and spiritual living office
inside the building, was able to talk to police and identify the shooter
as Geragos, officials said.

After being tracked down by Special
Enforcement Detail officers, Geragos allegedly tried to flee in his car,
prompting a short pursuit, during which police say he tried to ram into
the officers.

Geragos eventually crashed into a tree in the 1000 block of Rosedale Avenue and was arrested, Lorenz said.

Detectives allegedly discovered two handguns and ammunition inside the car.

Geragos was being held Tuesday in lieu of $1-million bail, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department records.